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DocsEvo: Document Management That Works Like Your Business

Most organisations know they have a document problem. Files are scattered across shared drives, email attachments, desktops, and random SharePoint sites. Nobody trusts search because nobody trusts that what they find is the current version. Compliance auditors ask for evidence and staff spend days hunting through folders.

DocsEvo solves this by giving your organisation a single, governed location for document creation, storage, search, and retrieval. Built on SharePoint Online, it uses metadata driven navigation rather than folder structures, so documents are findable by what they are rather than where someone decided to save them.

Evocate configures DocsEvo with your document types, metadata schema, approval workflows, and retention policies. It integrates with your existing Microsoft 365 applications so staff can create, edit, and approve documents without leaving their normal workflow. Call 1300 386 228 to see a demo.

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Transform How Your Organisation Works with DocsEvo

DocsEvo is a SharePoint application for creating, uploading, searching and retrieving documents from one location.

Take control of your document chaos with our robust document management system. Securely store, manage, and access critical documents efficiently, ensuring information is readily available and compliant with regulations.

  • Built on Microsoft 365
  • Rapid deployment with a dedicated Evocate team
  • Ongoing managed support across all 5 Australian offices
DocsEvo product dashboard - Evocate

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Capabilities

Popular Features

Everything you need to transform how your organisation works

Simplified document creation and upload

Create documents from templates or upload files through a guided interface with automatic metadata tagging.

Sharing and collaboration

Controlled sharing with version tracking, co-authoring, and audit trails for every document interaction.

Workflows, reports, and publishing

Approval workflows, automated reporting, and formal publishing controls for policies, procedures, and controlled documents.

DocsEvo Features

Simplified Document Creation and Upload

DocsEvo makes creating and uploading documents intuitive. Users select a document type, fill in metadata through guided forms, and the system handles filing, naming conventions, and permissions automatically. No more saving to the wrong folder or forgetting to add properties.

Creation features:

  • Document Templates: Pre configured templates for common document types with metadata pre populated from context.
  • Guided Upload: Step by step metadata capture during upload ensures every document is classified correctly from the start.
  • Bulk Import: Migration tools for importing existing documents with automated metadata extraction and classification.
  • Version Control: Automatic major and minor versioning with check in and check out controls for collaborative editing.

Sharing and Collaboration

DocsEvo enables controlled sharing and collaboration without the chaos of emailing attachments or granting broad SharePoint permissions. Users share documents through governed links with expiry dates, access reviews, and audit trails.

Collaboration features:

  • Governed Sharing Links: Time limited sharing with automatic expiry and access review notifications.
  • Co Authoring: Real time collaborative editing within Microsoft 365 applications with conflict resolution.
  • External Collaboration: Controlled guest access for external parties with watermarking and download restrictions.
  • Review Workflows: Structured review and approval processes with parallel and sequential routing options.

Workflows, Reports, and Publishing

DocsEvo includes configurable approval workflows, automated reporting on document status, and controlled publishing for documents that need formal release management. Quality teams, compliance officers, and document controllers get the governance they need without slowing everyone else down.

Governance features:

  • Approval Workflows: Configurable multi stage approval with escalation, delegation, and deadline management.
  • Status Reporting: Dashboards showing document lifecycle stage, overdue reviews, and compliance metrics.
  • Controlled Publishing: Formal release management for policies, procedures, and controlled documents.
  • Retention Management: Automated retention schedules with disposition approval and legal hold support.

Search and Retrieval

DocsEvo makes finding documents fast and reliable. Metadata driven search, saved queries, and personalised views mean users find the right document in seconds rather than browsing through folder hierarchies hoping they remember where something was saved.

Search capabilities:

  • Metadata Search: Find documents by type, project, author, status, date range, and custom properties.
  • Full Text Search: Content search across all document types including scanned PDFs with OCR.
  • Saved Queries: Personal and shared saved searches for frequently needed document sets.
  • Recent and Favourites: Quick access to recently viewed and bookmarked documents.

What Is DocsEvo and Why Does It Matter?

DocsEvo is a SharePoint based document management application built by Evocate that provides structured document creation, metadata driven filing, governed collaboration, and compliant records management on top of your existing Microsoft 365 subscription with no additional licensing.

Metadata driven organisation

Documents are classified by what they are, not where they sit in a folder tree. This makes search reliable and eliminates misfiling.

Built on SharePoint Online

DocsEvo uses native SharePoint capabilities with custom configuration, meaning you benefit from Microsoft security, compliance, and updates.

Governed collaboration

Controlled sharing, version history, and approval workflows ensure the right people see the right version at the right time.

Compliance ready

Retention schedules, audit trails, legal hold, and sensitivity labels meet Australian regulatory requirements out of the box.

DocsEvo Capabilities

Practical delivery areas with architecture, governance, and adoption detail for production environments.

1

Document Type Configuration

Evocate configures DocsEvo with your specific document types, metadata schemas, and classification taxonomies so the system reflects how your organisation actually categorises and manages information.

  • Custom content type design and deployment
  • Metadata taxonomy development
  • Document numbering and naming conventions
  • Template library with pre populated fields
  • Classification rules and auto tagging
2

Workflow and Approval Design

Evocate builds approval workflows tailored to your business rules including sequential and parallel approvals, escalation, delegation, and integration with Power Automate for complex scenarios.

  • Multi stage approval workflow configuration
  • Conditional routing based on document properties
  • Escalation and delegation rules
  • Review cycle scheduling and reminders
  • Integration with Power Automate for complex logic
3

Migration and Data Import

Evocate migrates documents from shared drives, legacy document management systems, and unstructured SharePoint sites into DocsEvo with metadata mapping and classification.

  • Source system audit and document inventory
  • Metadata mapping from legacy systems
  • Automated migration with validation reporting
  • Duplicate detection and remediation
  • Post migration verification and user acceptance
4

Search and Reporting Configuration

Evocate configures search, dashboards, and reporting to give document controllers, compliance officers, and end users visibility into document status, overdue actions, and system health.

  • Custom search verticals and result types
  • Compliance dashboards for document controllers
  • Overdue review and expiry alerting
  • Usage analytics and adoption reporting
  • Executive reporting on governance metrics
5

Training and Managed Services

Evocate provides training for end users, document controllers, and administrators plus ongoing managed services to keep DocsEvo running effectively as your organisation evolves.

  • End user training on creation, search, and collaboration
  • Document controller administration training
  • Ongoing managed services and health checks
  • Quarterly governance reviews and optimisation
  • New feature evaluation and rollout
Our Process

How It Works

A structured, low-risk path from discovery to go-live

1

Discovery

We learn your organisation, workflows, and goals before recommending anything.

2

Setup

Evocate configures DocsEvo to match your branding, data, and approval workflows.

3

Training

Hands-on training and a dedicated go-live support window for your whole team.

4

Support

Managed services, helpdesk, and health checks keep your solution running at its best.

Why Evocate

Why choose DocsEvo?

Find documents in seconds

Metadata driven search eliminates the guesswork of folder navigation and returns the right document first time.

Eliminate version confusion

Automatic versioning, check out controls, and single source of truth mean everyone works from the current version.

Meet compliance requirements

Retention schedules, audit trails, and sensitivity labels satisfy Australian regulatory and industry standards.

Reduce onboarding time

New staff find documents through search and metadata rather than relying on colleagues to share folder paths.

No additional licensing

DocsEvo runs on your existing Microsoft 365 and SharePoint subscription with no per user add on fees.

Evocate’s EVOLVE Methodology

A structured delivery rhythm that keeps discovery, validation, launch, and continuous improvement connected.

1

Engage

Understand your document types, workflows, compliance requirements, and pain points with current document management approaches.

2

Validate

Assess existing document volumes, metadata quality, permission structures, and integration requirements with connected systems.

3

Optimise

Design document type schemas, workflow rules, search configuration, and migration approach based on discovery findings.

4

Launch

Configure DocsEvo, migrate documents, deliver training, and go live with monitoring and support from day one.

5

Verify

Measure search effectiveness, workflow completion rates, user adoption, and compliance metrics against success criteria.

6

Evolve

Ongoing managed services including governance reviews, workflow updates, new document type configuration, and adoption analytics.

Integration with the Microsoft 365 Ecosystem

Clean integration points across Microsoft 365, Power Platform, security, automation, and employee experience.

SharePoint

DocsEvo is built natively on SharePoint Online, using document libraries, content types, and metadata columns as its foundation.

Microsoft Teams

Access DocsEvo documents directly from Teams channels with metadata preserved and governance controls maintained.

Power Automate

Approval workflows, notifications, and automated actions triggered by document events and lifecycle transitions.

Microsoft Purview

Sensitivity labels, retention policies, and records management integration for compliance and governance requirements.

Outlook

Save emails as records, attach governed documents to messages, and route incoming correspondence to DocsEvo automatically.

Power BI

Reporting dashboards showing document metrics, compliance status, workflow performance, and adoption analytics.

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Mazda
Rinnai
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Penske
Sigma Healthcare
DJPR
EPA Victoria
Hostplus
University of South Australia
MACG
AIDA
Vinnies
VMCH
EACH
Cohealth
MyHealth
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Frequently Asked Questions

DocsEvo is a SharePoint based document management application that provides structured creation, metadata driven filing, governed collaboration, and compliant records management on your existing Microsoft 365 subscription.
Key features include: Simplified document creation with guided metadata capture, sharing and collaboration with governance controls, configurable approval workflows, compliance reporting, and full text search with metadata filtering.
DocsEvo is built on SharePoint Online within Microsoft 365. No additional licences are required beyond your existing subscription.
Contact Evocate on 1300 386 228 or fill in the form below. We start with a free discovery call to understand your requirements, then provide a fixed price proposal.
Yes. Evocate provides managed services, helpdesk, health checks, and continuous improvement for all our products. We support organisations across Australia.